Remove Toxins From Your Home and Improve Your Health

Dr. Oz, author of You Staying Young, states that cleaning your home could be aging you. The toxic chemicals in our homes have an adverse affect on our health.

Dr. Oz during his appearance on Oprah gave many tips for reducing your chemical exposure in your own home. Read on to find out the simple things you can do detox your home and stay younger longer.

Take off your shoes when entering your home to avoid tracking in pesticides and lawn chemicals that could get trapped in your carpet.

Don’t microwave in plastic or use plastic coverings. Plasticizers could leak out into your food. Use glass if you choose to microwave.

A lot of the products that you are using to clean, the sink, the dishes, etc are toxic. Dr. Oz said during his recent appearance on Oprah that he regular baking soda and vinegar make great safe cleaners.

Don't bring your dry cleaning and all its chemicals into your home. Let your dry cleaning aerate outside for a day or so.

Mold in your home can be toxic and lead to serious health problems. Dr. Oz suggests you use a dehumidifier to keep humidity low so not to encourage mold growth.

Storing varnishes and old paints in or near your living space exposes you to dangerous chemicals. Store them in a well ventilated place as far from the living area as possible.

It's all about air quality. It is the smallest particles that are the ones that do the most damage. "That’s why people who live close to highways have higher incidence of infection" Dr. Oz said. Its’ the small stuff that does the most damage to our health and ages us prematurely. Homes are built so well so no air can get out or in. Open the windows. Take advantage of nature. Spider plants, golden pothos and philodendrens. These are the plants that NASA has approved to do the best job of exchanging oxygen and removing materials from the air that we don’t want around us. I use an air purifier that removes the toxins in my air in my home. One unit does a 3000 sf home and there isn't any filter to change. Once a year, I replace the photohydrion light unit at a cost of about $70.

We have alternatives to the most common source of toxic chemicals in our homes. If the cleanser says immediately call a doctor if it touches you, it should be an alarm system. The Get Clean product line are some great alternatives. Oprah and Dr. Oz discussed why someone would want to use Get Clean in their home. Environmentally safe cleaners are easily available over the web. They are high quality products. You might think that going green is expensive, but its not. Dr. Oz demonstrated that 3 drops in 16oz water and your are off an running. Oprah seconded Dr. Oz by saying the Get Clean Basic-H2 is her favorite product. Oprah stated that she loves spot removal and cleaning things. She uses her Basic-H2 from Get Clean for that. And even her help uses the Get Clean products in her home, but you have to be careful not to use too much. You'll have suds everywhere like an I Love Lucy episode. They are very economical.

Dr. Oz said, "If we’re all going to live to 100 there needs to be a place for us to live and this stuff is green". The this stuff he was referring to was the Get Clean products. It’s good for the planet, leaves a nicer place for our kids to inherit and does not toxify our limited water supply.